Following is a summary of key information related to COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and impacts in Watauga County and surrounding areas. Visit wataugademocrat.com/covid19 for additional coverage on the virus and its impacts. For editorial tips and questions, email editor@wataugademocrat.com. Read more
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- Seventh Watauga resident tests positive for COVID-19 (eight total in county)
- COVID-19 cases in NC rise to 1,716, with 15 dead
- Blue Ridge Parkway announces facility closures, trails remain open
- Coping with COVID-19: Mental health during a pandemic
- OASIS: Isolation creates potential for rise in domestic violence rates
- Two new Watauga-based COVID-19 cases confirmed
- Police hope to educate public before enforcing stay-at-home order
- App State, UNC system extend online course delivery through summer
- Property owners traveling to Watauga County ordered to self-quarantine upon arrival
- Food pantries adjust as demand increases; New text, phone services can help families find food
BOONE — An additional Watauga County resident has tested positive for COVID-19, which brings the total positive cases of COVID-19 in Watauga County to seven among residents of the county.
RALEIGH — At least 1,716 North Carolina residents have tested positive for coronavirus and 15 people have died, according to the Raleigh News & Observer at 11:30 p.m. on April 1.
In response to county and state health guidance in North Carolina and Virginia to slow the spread of COVID-19, Blue Ridge Parkway managers announced on April 1 that planned seasonal facility openings and operations originally scheduled to begin between before May 1 are now postponed until fu…
BOONE — Times of isolation and uncertainty like the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially exacerbate abuse for those in unhealthy or abusive relationships, according to OASIS Outreach Coordinator Sara Crouch.
BOONE — After 32 years in law enforcement and the last nine spent as the chief of the Boone Police Department, Dana Crawford is taking his career in a new direction.
BOONE — A sixth Watauga County resident has tested positive for COVID-19, and an additional case is in isolation in the county, AppHealthCare announced March 31.
Wayne W. Otto, 64, of Boone, N.C., passed away March 31, 2020.
Jane Miller Cline, 70, of Cary, North Carolina, a native and f…
Regina Angelina Greene Pelsmaeker, 57, of Blowing Rock, N.C., …
Hazel Cable Farthing, 95, of Bethel Road, Vilas, N.C., passed …
Nell Lowe Edmisten, 89, of Boone, N.C., passed away Wednesday …
I feel obligated to introduce a countervailing voice to some of the recent opinion pieces published here that have been critical of contemporary progressive politics. It is not my intention to direct any insults at individuals or to demean another's beliefs. I do feel that I must point out t…
I wish it hadn’t happened.
The message from the executive director of Casting Bread Food Pantry, an organization that operates and is built on the faith that is the foundation of FaithBridge United Methodist Church, is one that has been echoed from every food pantry in Watauga, Ashe and Avery counties: The need is gre…
As North Carolina and other states inch towards increasingly draconian measures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are all weighing the potential costs of both underreaction and overreaction.
Senator Bernie Sanders’ call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They’ve fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here on Earth where things are free and there’s little want. But socialists never reveal what turns out to be their true agenda. Let’s lo…
Bagpipes play as the American flag is brought down Appalachian Ski Mtn on Saturday, March 7, 2020, as part of the Wounded Warrior Project's "Heroes on the Mountain" event.
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